Receipt and mechanism for producing the same



Nov. 1, 1955 F. F. PFEIFFER 2,722,436

RECEIPT AND MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Filed March 19, 1952 3Sheets-Sheet l I A-l Auromoswe HSHQP II 1 ll DATE W n/ 951 l 2O 90 g -5291 52 74 INVENTOR.

Nov. 1, 1955 F. F. PFEIFFER 2,722,436

RECEIPT AND MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Filed March 19, 1952 5Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

F. F. PFEIFFER 2,722,436

RECEIPT AND MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING THE SAME 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 3INVENTOR. MF? t 69.

Nov. 1, 1955 Filed March 19 United States Patent G AND This inventionrelates to a receipt and mechanism for preparing the same together withan indexing mechanism for use with a totalizing sheet.

In various types of businesses, as,.for example, in the automobilerepair business, especially where there are a number of employees, it isquite desirable to keep an accurate record of each transaction and tosummarize or totalize the transactions chronologically. One way of doingthis. is to use a receipt book having stubs or duplicate copies for usein preparing a summary sheet. This method,. however, is quitesusceptible to errors, in that it is quite desirable that the amount setforth on the receipt and the amount on the summary sheet be identical.

An object of this invention is to provide a device for carrying out asystem whereby a carbon copy of the name and the amount of each receiptis entered upon the summary sheet, the device being provided with acarriage for the receipts that may be moved into registry withsuccessive lines or spaces on the summary sheet.

Another object of this invention is to provide a receipt form such that,in addition to the original copy of the receipt, a carbon copy isproduced and only the name of the payer and the amount of payment istransferred to the summary sheet. This has been accomplished byproviding a folded form wherein areas of carbon have been placed on therear of the original, so that the entire written data on the original istransferred to the carbon copy of the receipt and then the carbon copyis provided with a single line of carbon or a block of carbon covering asingle line on the summary sheet, this single line or block of carbon ofthe carbon copy of the receipt underlying the space for the name andaddress of the payer and the amount of the payment either with orwithout the date of the payment.

Another object of this invention is to provide an apparatus consistingof support for a summary sheet, this support being provided withpockets, the summary sheet being accurately held in position on thesupport. in addition thereto, this support has mounted thereon acarriage adapted to'support a number of receipt blanks, the carriagebeing movable along one side of the summary sheet through predeterminedsteps, the length of the steps corresponding to the lines found on thesummary sheet, so that as the carriage is moved through one space foreach receipt, a carbon copy is made of some of the contents on thereceipt on the summary sheet and a complete copy of the receipt may bemade on a carbon copy of the receipt. When the receipt has been issued,the original is handed to the payer or the customer and the carbon copyinserted into a compartment provided therefor in the support for thesummary sheet.

Another object of this invention is to provide a carriage having a pinand lock arrangement for supporting a large number of receipts, so thatas the receipt is issued, the receipt and a carbon copy thereof may beremoved and a succeeding receipt blank and its carbon copy moved intoinscribing position, so that merely by actuating the carriage for thereceipts through one space, the apparatus together with the forms are inreadiness for the issuance of a succeeding receipt. 7

Other objects and advantages reside in the construction of parts, thecombination thereof and the mode of operation, as willv become moreapparent from the following description.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure I is a top plan view of a summary sheet, a support therefor, areceipt, and a carriage for receipt blanks, which carriage is attachedto the support.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view ta'ken substantially onthe line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken substantially onthe line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail view of the carriage and a portion ofthe support for the summary sheet.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a receipt blank.

Figure 7 isa side elevation view of the support for the summary sheetand the carriage for the receipts.

Figure 8 is a side elevational view of a single receipt folded inreadiness to be used.

Figure 9. is a detailedfragmentary view showing parts in section takensubstantially on the line 9-9 of Figure 4.

The device disclosed herein consists broadly oftwo parts, namely thesupport for the summary sheet and a carriage for the receipts.

In the drawings, the reference character 10 indicates the support forthe summary sheet. This supportcontains a top 12 and a bottom 14, a sideflange 16, and a side flange 18,1the side flanges 16 and 18 forming sidewalls and integral with .the top 12. The bottom I4 is provided withupwardly directed flanges 20' and 22. The flanges 16 and 2.0 may be spotwelded together andthe upper margin of the flange 22 underlyingthetop 12is preferablywelded to the top 12. p

The upper end 30 of the support 10 is provided with a pair of openings32 and 34. These openings 32 and 34 open up into compartments 36 and 38.These compartments are used for storing receipt stubs. A pair ofupwardly directed studs or pins 42 are located near the top or upper endof the support 10. These studs 42 are used to hold asummary sheet 50upon the support 10 always in one position. This summary sheet isprovided with a pair of apertures receiving the studs 42. Suitablerubber snubbers 52 are mounted on the underside, one in each corner ofthe support 10.

The stack of blank receipt blanks 60 is mounted upon a carriage 56 whichwill now be described. The stack of blank receipts 60, provided withapertures 62, is mounted upon a pair of studs or pins 64 and whenmounted in home position is clamped in this position by a cover plate orclip 66 provided with laterally disposed flanges 68, the cover plate orclip 66 being pivoted at '70 to the flanges 72 integral with a platformmember 74 forming a portion of the carriage 56. Thisplatform member 74is provided with a downwardly projecting portion 76 extending paralleltothe flange 18 and in close proximity thereto. Member 74 is providedwith a horizontal portion '78 and a reentrant flange-80 verticallydisposed, as clearly seen in'Figure 3. The top ofthe platform member 74is substantially flush withmthe top of the support 10.

A pair of ears 82 and 84 is positioned adjacent a rail 90. This railconsists of two member-sand a comparatively thin metallic member 91provided with aplur'ality of equally spaced slots 92. The ends of member91 are attached by rivets, or in any other suitable manner, to the endflanges 30 and 31 projecting downwardly from the top of the support 10.The other member of the rail 9'fl'consists of a reinforcing bar 94 thatgives rigidity to the rail 90. This bar 94 is preferably chrome plated,so as to pro- Patented Nov. I, 1355* vide a hard surface against whichthe ears 82 and 84 abut. In addition thereto, by chrome plating thisbar, it gives a neat appearance to the assembly. The slots 92 in member91 form recesses or depressions in the rail 90, that is, the slots 92extend through member 91 but do not extend through the other member orbar 94, so that the bar 94 forms bottoms for the slots 92.

The carriage 56 is provided with a pair of cars 95 integral with theflange 76 and extends at right angles to this flange on the, undersideof the receipt carrying platform portion 74. These ears 95 function ashand grips or finger grips for actuating the carriage upwardly ordownwardly, as will appear more fully later.

A friction locking or carriage arresting mechanism en gaging therecesses 92 will now be described. The flange 80, as best seen in Figure4, is provided with a pair of rectangular openings or windows 100 and102. A spring member 104 has its ends projecting through the openings orwindows 100 and 102 and is held in position on the flange 80 by means ofa rivet 106 passing through a second leaf spring 108. The spring 104 isprovided with a round aperture 110 adjacent one end thereof, in whichaperture a steel ball 112 is mounted, this steel ball 112 being urged bythe spring 108 into one of the slots 92. By this arrangement it canreadily be seen that as the carriage is actuated along the rail 90, theball 112 will tend to arrest the movement of the carriage whenever theball 112 enters a slot 92. The distance between the slots 92 ispreferably equal to the distance between lines on the summary sheet 50.

Each of the receipt blanks, as best shown in Figures 6 and 8, includes astub portion 124 provided with an aperture 62 in whichthe pins 64 arepositioned. One end of the receipt blank provides an original 120 and anunderlying carbon copy 122 tht is integral with the stub 124. A scoreline 126 extends across the receipt blank, so as to permit the tearingof the original 120 from the carbon 12. This score line 126 also forms afolded line. A score line 128 is positioned between the stub 124 and thecarbon copy 122. The carbon copy 122 is provided with a strip of carbon130 on the underside thereof, so that when the receipt is in receiptwriting position, the carbon 130 overlies the summary sheet.

The rear of the original receipt may be coated with carbon throughoutthe area 132 enclosed by the dash-line and a second carbon area 134enclosed by a second dashline. It can readily be seen that when thereceipt overlies the summary sheet, upon writing the name, address, andpossibly the amount of the transaction, this will be transferred by thecarbon 130 to the summary sheet. The itemized area located below thename on the original receipt blank, wherein the services rendered,including material and labor, may be itemized on the original receipt,is also indicated on the copy of the receipt, in that this portion has acarbon underlying the original, but

the itemized services will not appear on the summary sheet.

When the inscription of a receipt has been completed, the original istorn along the score line 126 and handed to the customer. The copy 122is torn along the score line 128 and deposited in a receptacle in thesupport for the summary sheet, so as to be stored there until the closeof business for the day or whenever the carbon copies of the receiptsare collected. After the receipt has been issued, the carbon is moveddownwardly through one space, as viewed in Figure 1, or sidewise, asviewed in Figure 4, so as to position the next receipt blank in registrywith the succeeding line on the summary sheet.

By this system it is possible to keep an accurate record of theservices, issue receipts, set forth the amount of each transaction onthe receipt, and to obtain an accurate carbon copy of the receipt and anaccurate summation of the transaction on the summary sheet. The amounton the receipt, the carbon copy of the receipt, and the amount on thesummary sheet are all produced from the same original inscription, sothere can be no error.

The carriage 56 is adjusted in steps equal to the distance between theslots 92. The spring 104 and the ball 11.2 cooperate to align thecarriage, so that the carriage will always have the same angularrelation with respect to the support 12, irrespective of the position ofadjustment. The end of the spring 104 projecting through the window 190biases, so to speak, one end of the carriage against the rail 90. Thespring 108, exerting a force against the ball 112, biases the oppositeend of the carriage against the rail 90. That being the case, thecarirage is held in alignment with respect to the rail 90 at all times.The spring urged ball 112 functions as a detent or as a pawl in holdingthe carriage in any adjusted position by the detent or pawl being seatedin any one of the slots 92.

When the summary sheet has been filled, it may be removed and a newsummary sheet positioned on the studs 42. When the supply of receipts inthe stack is depleted, the stubs may be removed by rotating the clip 66from the position shown in Figures 3 and 4 into the position shown inFigure 5. Then a new stack of receipts may be inserted upon the studs64, the clip 66 actuated from the position shown in Figure 5 into theposition shown in Figures 3 and 4, in which position the clip holds thestack of receipts in position. The lowermost receipt blank is placedover the summary sheet, as shown in Figure 3. The unused receipt blanksabove the lowermost receipt blank are turned over into the positionshown in Figure 3, like opening a book, so as to make the blank portionof the lowermost receipt blank available for use. As the lowermostreceipt blank is filled in, the name of the customer and the amount ofthe transaction is recorded on the summary sheet, the receipt removed,the carbon copy removed, and the carriage moved downwardly one space inreadiness for the succeeding opera tion.

The device disclosed herein for the purpose of illustration has beendescribed in connection with the summary sheet for use with receipts.The device may be used in connection with other types of summary sheets,as, for example, payrolls where checks are used, the check blanks beingmounted upon the carriage and the carbon copy of the check beingprovided with a block of carbon underlying the line setting forth thename, the amount of the check, and possibly other items such aswithholding tax and other withholdings. The summary sheet may also beused in connection with invoices, billings, and in any other connectionwhere it is desirable to maintain a summary record of individual itemsrecorded on individual blanks stacked on the carriage.

Although the preferred embodiment of the device has been described, itwill be understood that within the purview of this invention variouschanges may be made in the form, details, proportion and arrangement ofparts, the combination thereof and mode of operation, which generallystated consist in a device capable of carrying out the objects setforth, as disclosed and defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A support assembly including a main support, a rail located on theunder side of the main support and provided with a plurality of equallyspaced recesses, a carriage mounted on the rail, said carriage beinglocated on the side of the main support and having a platform portionsubstantially flush with the top of the main support, said carriageincluding a finger grip portion for actuating the carriage along therail, and resistance means including a spring urged ball mounted on thecarriage with the ball projecting into one of the recesses in the railwhile registering therewith, the spring permitting the ball to move outof the recesses when actuating the carriage along the rail until theball registers with a succeeding recess.

2. A support assembly including a main support, a

rail located on the under side of the main support and provided with aplurality of equally spaced recesses, a carriage mounted on the rail,said carriage being located on the side of the main support and having aplatform portion substantially flush with the top of the main sup port,said carriage including a finger grip portion for actuating the carriagealong the rail, and resistance means including a spring urged membermounted on the carriage for projecting into one of the recesses of therail while registering therewith, the spring permitting the member tomove out of the recess when the carriage is actuated along the railuntil the member registers with the succeeding recess.

3. A support assembly including a main support, a rail located on theunder side of the main support and provided with a plurality of equallyspaced recesses, a carriage mounted on the rail, said carriage beinglocated on the side of the main support and having a platform portionsubstantially flush with the top of the main support, and resistancemeans including a spring urged ball mounted on the carriage with theball projecting into one of the recesses in the rail while registeringtherewith, the spring permitting the ball to move out of the recess whenactuating the carriage along the rail until the ball registers with asucceeding recess.

4. A support assembly for use with a line summary sheet and a stack ofreceipt blanks, said support assembly including a main support having apair of studs adapted stack of receipt blanks, retaining means mountedon the carriage releasably engaging the depressions in the rail so as toposition the carriage in a predetermined recess, and means for movingthe carriage to the next predetermined succeeding recess so as tocoincide with the next predetermined succeeding line on the summarysheet.

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